Mic's Elizabeth Plank Demolishes Conservative Media's “Beyoncé Voters” Narrative

Mic's Elizabeth Plank demolished conservative media's claims that unmarried women, or “Beyoncé voters,” only care about government handouts when choosing which candidates to support. 

On the April 7 edition of Mic's Flip the Script, Plank took on some of Fox News' favorite claims -- that single women only care about government handouts, abortion, and birth control. Explaining that the majority of women care about a candidate's policies above their personalities, Plank highlighted the issues American women care about most, including education, the economy and healthcare:

Fox News and other conservative media outlets have consistently worked to demean single female voters, disparaging them as “Beyoncé voters” who “depend on government because they're not depending on their husbands.”